Broward could see 10 or more public schools shutter come 2027 as part of an effort to offset declining student enrollment, according to district leadership.
At a May 12 school board workshop, Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Howard Hepburn was quick to answer when asked to project how many schools would need to be repurposed for the 2027-2028 academic year to create the most “efficient and effective school district possible.”
“You always got the hard questions. … I don’t want to scare the public, but I would say definitely above 10,” he told school board member Allen Zeman, who posed the question…